Metallography of alkali metal single crystals

Materials Characterization

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-9

  Krystian, MacIej ^a   Pichl, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alkali metal; Metallography; Single crystals

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTIC POLISHING; LITHIUM; METALLOGRAPHY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POTASSIUM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SODIUM; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

METALLOGRAPHIC SUFACE QUALITY;

SINGLE CRYSTALS;

EID: 0035010760     PISSN: 10445803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1044-5803(00)00079-6     Document Type: Article

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